Yes - Time and a Word
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Free Music Review: oh so good
Hit: 5 Stars
Early Yes is quite an interesting band. They were doing things that are impossible to believe. They were able to take space rock and mix it with hard rock to create a radically different sound. Throw in Jon Anderson's vocals and lyrics and you have yourself something very unique to the world of rock.
They would go on to have better success of course (both in terms of popularity and creativity) but in the beginning days we were treated to something that was pretty wild. Does early Yes sound dated? Perhaps a little bit, but we can't deny the early days were special for them, just like those days were special for many other bands as well. A band that sounds like no one else even to this day, and even on this album, that still holds true.
Free Music Review: Re-Visited and still excellent!
Hit: 5 Stars
Time and Word was a great find back in the late 60's displaying Yes' and their progressive classical style of the time. Especially noted is Richie Haven's No Opportunity Necessary, No Experiency Needed. An old favorite and an album that needed to be re-visited. The entire collection holds its orginal promise so many years on.Free Music Review: Underrated!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
Rick Wakemen and Steve Howe are better and more talented than Tony Kaye and Peter Banks, but this album is quite good. "Asteral Traveler" and "The Prophet" are just as good as anything from "The Yes Album", but the album has its fair share of weak parts. First of all, the cover is hideous. Whenever Roger Dean wasn't artist for Yes's album covers, the artwork was terrible. Plus, the sound quality stinks.
Though not as proggy as later releases, Time and a Word has hints at the style that Yes would take in the future.
Great Songs: Asteral Traveler, The Prophet
Good Songs: Then, Everydays
Average Songs: No opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed, Sweet Dreams
Weak Songs: Title track, Clear Days
A solid 4 stars. No less, no more.
Free Music Review: Great followup
Hit: 4 Stars
Yes is joined by an orchestra for their second album, the last for guitarist Peter Banks. The material is a continuation of the style defined by their debut with lots of great gems that typify the trends of the late sixties: cosmic lyrics, jazzy chords, lush harmonies, and a hot rhythm section. "Astral Traveller" is a great cut that could easily be at home on Stereolab's "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" cd. "Dear Father" (like "Survival" from the first LP) shows how Anderson can skillfully write a song that passes through epic chord and key changes, taking the listener on what feels like a long and pleasant voyage (something the band would expand upon once they worked their way into the Wakeman years). I'm very fond of the first two Yes records. They may not be as individualistic as albums like "Fragile" or "Close To The Edge," but they do a great job of summarizing some of the more interesting (and sometimes contradictory) trends of the late sixties with a gracefulness and logic that only a prog rock band could engineer.Free Music Review: ...and the time is now to buy this CD!
Hit: 5 Stars
Stronger than the first album in many ways. Their is not a weak track here and the album was recorded with a small orchestra (a la Moody Blues)
The remastered CD makes it sound like Tony Kayes Hammond Organ is in your living room!